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    All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
    virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
    barter.

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Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to read more

Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.

by Elmer Davis Found in: Government Quotes,
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in read more

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible
struggle.

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If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor read more

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.

by George F. Will Found in: Government Quotes,
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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

by William Penn Found in: Government Quotes,
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A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and read more

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Government Quotes,
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Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Government Quotes,
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So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]

by Francis Bacon Found in: Government Quotes,
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There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you

by Will Rogers Found in: Government Quotes,
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Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

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